FRAMINGHAM, Mass. & SAN FRANCISCO--Today, At VMworld 2010, GlassHouse
Technologies, a leading data center consulting and managed services
firm, announced the launch of its Cloud
Insight tool. The new maturity assessment tool is used as part of
GlassHouse’s Cloud Snapshot and Cloud Impact Analysis services, and
provides businesses with a detailed report outlining preparedness, best
practices, strategies and next steps for organizations looking to
implement cloud computing. Further, each assessment is tailored to a
business’ unique IT infrastructure to maximize the success of the cloud
implementation and help organizations map deployments to key business
objectives.
Our Cloud Insight tool helps provide
businesses with the answers they are looking for prior to, and during a
cloud migration to ensure that the organization is taking the right
steps to prepare for, and execute a successful cloud implementation.
As more companies shift to cloud computing initiatives, some
organizations are running into critical road blocks that are hampering
their ability to move to a cloud model. Some of these challenges include
service delivery models not aligned to consume cloud services, the lack
of a strategy, insufficient IT staffing and high costs. The GlassHouse
Cloud Insight tool allows companies to gage their readiness for cloud
computing and establish next steps to prepare for a successful
initiative.
“Each company’s IT environment is unique and as a result, it is critical
to develop a tailored cloud computing strategy,” said Mark Shirman, CEO
of GlassHouse Technologies. “Our Cloud Insight tool helps provide
businesses with the answers they are looking for prior to, and during a
cloud migration to ensure that the organization is taking the right
steps to prepare for, and execute a successful cloud implementation.”
As a first step, businesses fill out an online questionnaire about their
IT environment. GlassHouse consultants then review that information and
provide an IT Service Maturity report to help businesses gain an
understanding of their current IT environment’s efficiency and
effectiveness in terms of people, process and the management of
technology. The report also outlines project recommendations and
potential savings opportunities.
GlassHouse is launching its Cloud Insight tool at VMworld 2010 taking
place on August 30 – September 3. Insight complements existing tools
GlassHouse uses to deliver cloud and virtualization services. For
example, a key component of GlassHouse’s Workspace desktop
virtualization services is vLab,
a virtual data center designed to help businesses define a practical,
actionable plan to move closer to desktop virtualization objectives. The
cloud-based platform models desktop virtualization deployments prior to
investing in new technology and allows organizations to see the value
and capabilities of desktop virtualization solutions.
For live updates on the breaking news and updates from VMworld 2010 you
can also follow GlassHouse on Twitter at GlassHouse_Tech
or on LinkedIn
and Facebook.
About GlassHouse
GlassHouse
Technologies is a global provider of data center infrastructure
consulting services. In a rapidly changing data center environment,
GlassHouse partners with customers to define a strategy, execute that
plan and operate their environment. Our constant focus is on cost
efficiency, risk mitigation and service improvement. This is provided
through Transom, our unique business model comprised of proprietary
software tools, methodologies and domain expertise. We help deliver on
the promise of agility and usage-based spending in the next generation
infrastructure paradigm. This journey is significant and requires an
experienced and pragmatic guide to help you achieve your goals. Our
experience is based on thousands of projects in addition to ongoing
daily operations of customer environments. Visit the GlassHouse
blog for expert commentary on key data center issues facing today's
enterprises and follow us on twitter at #GlassHouse_Tech.
